Truss



(ModeL) N. HERRIGK.

Truss No. 242.926. Patented June 14,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NELSON HERRIOK, OF OHAMPLIN, MINNESOTA.

TRUSS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,926, dated June 14, 1881,

V Application filed Aplilfi, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELsoN HERRICK, of Ghamplin, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented a new Improvement in Trusses, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a truss for the relief 0t" hernia and for similar purposes.

The invention consists in a novel construction of a frame or band for carryihgthe pads, and a novel construction and combination with said frame and pads of elastic stems or shanks for connecting said pads to said frame, as hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a truss constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is a rearview ot' the front portion.

A represents a wire frame or band for carrying the pads. It is intended to be worn on the body in the same manner as the elastic metallic pad carrying band known as the spring in an ordinary tru s, and is therefore curved to correspond with the form of the wearer. In order to attain the proper form the wire is bent as follows: Commencing at a point corresponding with a vertical line drawn near one of the groins of the wearer, the wire extends horizontally toward the opposite side and around the body to a point opposite the starting-point. It is then doubled and ex tends horizontally around the body toward the starting-point to a point near the other groin. It is then coiled once or more around itself, as shown at a, then bent downward, then horizontally, and then upward to the place of beginning, where it is formed into an eye, a

through which the first end is passe'd and secured by a nut, f. By this means a frame or band is formed which is cheap, light, durable, and elastic, and serves the same purpose as the solid strap commonly used. It may be covered in the usual or any suitable manner, and may be provided with a strap and buckle or other suitable fastenings.

For connecting the pad to the frame or band A, I employ a'stem or shank constructed and arranged as follows: A wire, (J, has one end coiled one or more times around the upper horizontal bar, I), of the frame or band formed as above described. It is then passed downward to the lower horizontal bar, b around which it is coiled several times. It is then passed farther downward, doubled, passed upward, and again coiled several times around the bar b", and then upward again to the bar I), where itis secured by coiling in the same manner as the firstend. By this means Iform a combined shank and spring, and secure it to the frame or band. The coils c and a secure it to the bars of the frame. The loop 0 constitutes the shank orstem, and the coils c and loop 0 constitute the combined spring and stem.

The pad E may be of any suitable material, form, and construction. It is attached to the loop or shank c by a screw passing through the loop or slot and into the pad, and it may thus be adjusted up or down at the pleasure of the wearer, While the coils c and 0 provide for the adjustment toward one side or the oth er.

If a back pad is desired, it may be arranged in the manner above described; or, if preferred, it may be arranged to extend laterally from the loop or doubled end of the wire A,as

shown in Fig. 1.

The pads may be removed from the frame or band by taking off the nutf and withdrawing the end of the wire from the eye a, and then slipping the coils off at both ends of the wire. Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, a truss having its pad-carrying band formed of a skeleton-frame consisting of a wire, A, doubled, bent to correspond with the form of the wearer, coiled around itself at a, to form horizontal bars b b and having its ends secured by an eye, a and nut f, substantially as and for the purposes herein described.

2. The combination, with a truss-pad and with a frame or band constructed as described, of a combined spring and shank consisting of a wire, 0, having the coils c 0 and loop 0 and arranged substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

NELSON HERRIOK.

Witnesses:

ORANGE S. MILLER, J. 0. SMITH. 

